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JAPAN
Jan 1, 2017

2017 rings in across Japan as shrine, temple throngs pray for good year

As people across Japan celebrated the turn of the year, they flocked to shrines and temples Sunday morning for their traditional hatsumode pilgrimage to make a fresh start on New Year's Day.
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LIFE / Travel
Dec 31, 2016

Buried alive in the shadow of a Kyushu volcano

"Is the temperature alright for you ma'am?" my Japanese attendant asks in a polished U.S. accent as he cheerfully heaps another pile of hot sand on my torso.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 30, 2016

Change — the only constant for Tokyo restaurants in 2016

What a year it has been. Thankfully, the world of gastronomy hasn't followed the same spiral of sadness, frustration and despair as the political and popular music arenas. Even so, it's high time to get the Year of the Monkey off our backs with a rundown of some of the ups, downs, ins and outs at Tokyo's...
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 30, 2016

The top tech stories of 2016

The Japan Times newsroom selected these tech and digital stories as the most important of 2016.
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WORLD / Politics
Dec 30, 2016

Buffalo Board of Education wants Trump GOP sidekick Paladino out over racial Obama slurs

An upstate New York builder and former Republican nominee for governor is facing possible removal from his seat on the Buffalo Board of Education for making racial slurs about President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.
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WORLD
Dec 26, 2016

French-Swiss aid worker abducted in Malian city of Gao

A French-Swiss aid worker has been kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali, and French and Malian authorities are working together to rescue her, the French foreign ministry said on Sunday.
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Dec 25, 2016

Train, casino, reactor woes to grab Kansai headlines in '17

A casino, an expo, tourists, trains, and old nuclear power plants. These are just some of the major issues the Kansai region faces in 2017.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2016

The connection between work and dignity

Jobs provide more than just money.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / NEIGHBORHOOD HOP SPORTS
Dec 23, 2016

Sugar, spice and all things nice in Roppongi's craft beer bars

Depending on who you ask, Roppongi is either Tokyo's most sophisticated neighborhood or its seediest. Yet everyone can agree it's one of the city's most international. Each night, expats, emigres and immigrants wend their way through a landscape of restaurants, hostess bars, art galleries and nightclubs....
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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Dec 23, 2016

Kushiyakitori Mahoroba: Get an umami overload at this charming yakitori joint

The area around Kyobashi Station, a major transit hub close to Osaka Castle, is not short of restaurants. But if you're nearby and have a hankering for chicken, try Kushiyakitori Mahoroba, a small and charming yakitori restaurant.
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WORLD / Politics
Dec 22, 2016

Kremlin says almost all dialogue with Washington is frozen

The Kremlin said on Wednesday almost all communications channels between Russia and the United States have been frozen but the U.S. State Department disputed that statement.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2016

Henoko dispute simmers on

The Supreme Court ruling in favor of the national government over construction of a new facility for the U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture to replace the U.S. Marine's Air Station Futenma will not end its bitter confrontation with the prefecture.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 20, 2016

Face of the future: Iwano setting big goals

There is nothing in life like a moment of serendipity.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2016

Peru rejects new request to pardon imprisoned Fujimori

The centrist government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said Friday that it has rejected a new request to free imprisoned former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori filed by a supporter because it did not meet basic requirements.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 16, 2016

Lost lives: China's invisible children fight to recover their missed years

Living in Beijing for 23 years, Li Xue has never attended school, not even for a day.
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WORLD / Society
Dec 14, 2016

Guns fall silent in Aleppo as deal lets civilians, rebels exit amid reports of atrocities

Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended on Tuesday after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a cease-fire.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Dec 10, 2016

DIY — a power tool for distracting kids

My 4-year-old daughter's eyes light up when she spies something sitting on the work table. Unlike her normal playtime preferences, it is not a rainbow-haired unicorn, felt tip pens or a plastic doll that has caught her attention — it's an industrial looking electric screwdriver.

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes